Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-11-26
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN

Plush is coming into fashion again.
Enamel is being largely rsed in jew
elry.
There are 100 girl students at Cornell
University.
Felt hats are exceedingly fashionable
this season.
Black trimmings are the fashion of the
moment in colored fabrics.
A high class college for women is to
be established at Denver, Colorado
New winter mantles are frequently in
redingote shape with visite sleeves.
Tea gowns are ornamented with silver
bells, the traditional ornaments of folly.
Silk embroideries, passementerie and
braiding are the favorite trimmings of
the season.
Velvet cloth is new wool fabric with
a thick pile-like velvet, and is sometimes
called cardinal cloth.
Miss Lucy Salmon, the new Professor
of History at Vassar, is a fine looking
blonde with clear, open face.
A tiny bar of Roman gold, tipped at
each end with q handsome diamond,
makes one of the richest of lace pins.
Rain fringe" to-wit: Long close
strands of small jet beads with scarcely
any heading, is fashionable garniture.
! A new style of sleeves is full down to
the bend Of the arm, slightly dropping
just under the elbow, and finished by
deep, plain wristband.
, Mrs. Walker is a successful farmer in
Georgia. She owns and manages sew
sral thousand acres of land, which this
year will yield her profit of $40, 600.
Lady preachers are said by the Chri,-
tim Register to be largely used by the
Unitarian sect, and are doing "a strong,
earnest, and, in many respects, remarka-
BILE work in the West"
Miss Rigden, of Detroit, is the latest
dress reformer. She declares that the
J gown for woman is the insignia of serf-
dom, and advocates either trousers or
knickerbockers for the fair sex.
Jackets, of whatever shape, are favored
by ladies of all ages for general wear, and
are worn by young ladies on all occa-
sions. The short mantle wraps are, how
ever, favored by all but very young girls
for dressy wear
The 1000 girls employed in Liver
pool factory have been organized into a
fire brigade with regular apparatus and
drill. They have several times demon
strated their efficiency when the factory
was threatened with destruction.
The most novel style of trimming for
bonnets consists of plush flowers of the
most exquisite tints of pink, rose, and
heliotrope, also pale yellow shaded to
to deep orange. The foliage is not Of
plush, but is very soft and velvety.
The Empress Augusta, of Germany, is
more than rs years of age, and has not
changed the style of her dress for the
last 25 years. She still wears the same
dark brown wig, and recently at the
opera was dressed in white brocade
gown, and wore white cap of plush on
her head instead of bonnet. Around
her neck she wore chain of large en-
eralds.
The New York Sun says: There is
wailing among the buttonmakers. The
gorgeous buttons that have illuminated
ladies' dresses by the dozens and dozens
are going out of fashion. The correct
thing now is to conceal the fastenings
Boxes and boxes of buttons lie unsold on
the shelves of the dealers. But--such
are the compensations of the trade-the
hook and-eye sellers are delighted"
In the northwest of India and Dude
lady doctors are coming prominently into
notice. Nearly ~, 900 cases were treated
/ at eleven missionary dispensaries, and
II, 900 women sought relief at Mrs. Viii.
sons dispensary at Agra; 10, $50 women
and children were treated at the Thnmp-
son dispensary at Agra. The lady doc.
tor in charge performed successfully
some very important surgical opera
tions.
Hats have greatly changed in shape
since the summer. The crown, instead
of being high, is now quite low, and the
brim is very broad, and slanting in
front. while at the back it is very mar.
row, and slightly curled up at the edge.
The coffure, following suit, is also much
lower than in the summer, massed at the
back of the head in thick loops and
rouleaux, while in front short bandeauS
are combed off over the temples.
Besides her literary tastes, Queen Mar.
garet of Italy is much interested in art,
and devotes large portion of her private
income TO the purchase of paintings and
statuary. She is also something of a
poet, and now and then reads aloud to a
select audience some Of the verses which
she has thrown off during moment Of
leisure, between a reception at the palace
and state dinner. Her lines flow along
harmoniously with an exquisite finish,
and often the poetical images are painted
with richness Of color that is astonish
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